Total Crime Rate

153.4 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 153.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.2 10/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wadeson Street area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 312th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wadeson Street (E2 9DW) in the last 12 months was 153.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (β‰ˆ 58.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wadeson Street (E2 9DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mare Street, where police recorded 162 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wadeson Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Booth Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Booth Close β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Booth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Earlston Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Earlston Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlston Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silk Weaver Way β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Northiam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Northiam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Northiam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Northiam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parmiter Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Mare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vyner Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Fremont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fremont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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